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13 June 2008

Volume 1, Issue 1

Circle K International

just to this initiative! Please take

a look at it: www.ckisixcents.org As of February 2008, the entire organization has raised

$5,063.73.

Well, I think I will save the rest

of my thoughts for you guys at Summer Rally. I hope to see

everyone this weekend.

-Gavin T. Robert Louisiana State University

District Governor

Governor Gavin’s Remarks

Summer’s Greetings as New Excitement Rallies

Greetings LAMISSTENN!!!

It’s me Gavin! It seems to be that time of year again when I address you all. I guess I can’t

be my “normal” self either. For a heads up, your District Board

has been up to quite a bit since April 1. We have been enjoying every moment serving you so

far and are looking forward to the future. Listed below are a few of the goals that we have

been worked towards:

2008-2009 Primary District Goals

1) Focus on retaining our cur-

rent membership by better educating members about CKI and the Kiwanis Family through

a more in-depth Membership Development & Education pro-

gram.

2) Increase leadership abilities by implementing more club

officer training.

3) Increase district membership

by 21% and build five new

clubs.

4) To have 40% of our mem-bership attending district

events.

Something that we are very

proud of this year is the new District Service Initiative. It is called PROJECT PLAY – Parks (and Playgrounds)

Lead to Active Youth. The

initiative focuses on giving chil-dren a safe place to keep up their health, and parks and

playgrounds are the perfect place for children to exercise as well as entertain themselves.

With this initiative, we will be building and re-building parks

as well as promoting healthy activity. More information on this initiative will be coming to

you soon!

Also, we are still engaged in

the Saving Lives: The Six Cents Initiative for CKI. International has a new website dedicated

district.

Anyway, I wish everyone a fun

and exciting weekend. Catch up

with long lost friends and relax a

bit. I certainly will during the board

meeting. Have fun!!

-Justin Quarles

University of New Orleans

District Secretary/Treasurer

Greetings everyone! Summer has arrived and we are all joyfully gathered in the wonderful and fantastic Hammond, Louisiana. How exciting! Well, I hope you are somewhat excited like I am. Any-way, this weekend is time for us to have some fun and look forward to the coming year and to think about where we want to go as an

organization.

As Secretary/Treasurer it is my job to type up incredibly fantastic board minutes and to approve reimbursement forms. It's quite

exciting work. No, I am not being sarcastic at all. Well, maybe slightly. However, this year, I am going to try and make my job more than just the standard pa-perwork. I want to help the mem-bers of LaMissTenn take the district to where it’s never been before. Presently the District Board is examining the concept of an annual large scale District Service Project, similar to LSSP right before ICON. It’s an exciting idea that has potential to really have a lasting impact across our

Special points of inter-est:

Check out the recruitment

points in store for you!

See what one of the dis-trict’s leaving members has to say about her time in the historic LaMis-

sTenn district!

Inside this Issue:

What’s in Store for Sum-mer Rally Weekend?

2

Representing the Mag-nolia State

3

Developing a Recruit-ment Campaign

4

Are You Ready for the Fall?

5

From An International Desk

6

A Deeper Look into Cajun Country

7

What Up Kiwanis Fam-ily?

8

Inside the Circle

Justin Quarles

Secretary/Treasurer

Gavin Robert

Governor

http://www.ckisixcents.org

What’s in Store for Summer Rally Weekend?

As you may know, Southeast-ern Louisiana University is the host of this year’s Summer Rally that will be located in the City of Hammond, Louisiana. With the success of last year’s Summer Rally hosted at North-western University, this year’s committee worked hard to make it even more successful from the previous year as well as unique with the theme

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.”

The theme was inspired by a service project Circle K is in-vited to do with the Tangipahoa Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coun-cil in Hammond. Circle K was given the opportunity to have

an activity on Saturday during Summer Rally to go along with other activities organized at TADAC with the week’s theme “Going Green” for Summer Rally. The publicized Circle K event on Saturday will have activities such as “Green Trivia” and “How to make a Green Kite”. These activities will educate children about the environment. Southeastern Circle K volunteers worked with TADAC at various events throughout the year, so areex-cited to share one of our com-munity projects with other

schools.

Besides the “Going Green”

service project, Saturday will also be bringing back the “Mock house of delegates” with Roxie James as well as hosting informational ses-sions on Southeastern’s campus to get members ready for the fall. Friday night’s activities will con-tinue along these lines with the game “Fill the water glass” that focuses on the Service Initiative “Saving Lives: The Six Cents Ini-

tiative with UNICEF.”

We are excited to see everyone

at Summer Rally 2008!

-Kayla Dowling

Southeastern Louisiana University

Convention Programs Coordinator

A Most Memorable Farewell

Circle K was definitely one of the best things during my time in college. It was a great outlet to meet new people, an oppor-tunity to learn about and give back to the community, and develop myself into a leader. CKI gave me the chance to get outside the Tulane bubble and travel around our district and meet the rest of LaMissTenn. I know that not too many people from Tulane can say they’ve been to Tioga, LA! LSSP and ICON are defi-nitely highlights over the past years. I en-joyed meeting so many new people. Where else can you add 30 new Facebook

friends in one week?

I really did see the three prongs of CKI within my 4 years: service, leadership, and fellowship. For me, my Circle K experience

started as a way to learn more about my new city and give back. I stayed because of the fellowship. I felt so welcome so quickly into this family. After a year I felt I was ready to help lead my club, which I contin-ued to do for 2 more years. I had great role models to guide and support me. It has been fun watching everyone grow with me over the past years! I’m so proud and hon-ored to have been part of the great and

historic LaMissTenn District!

-Corinne Woodward

Tulane University

Inside the Circle

“For me, my Circle K experience started as a way to learn more about my new city and give back. I stayed because of the fellowship.” -Corinne Woodward

Corinne Woodward

Immediate-Past Tulane

President

Kayla Dowling

Conventions Programs

Coordinator

Representing the Magnolia State

Countdown to International Convention

As for other goals, I would like to see our club do at least one service project each week and at least one large service project each month. Our club’s committee chair appoint-ments will help facilitate the

achievement of this goal.

Once again, it is a pleasure and a privilege to serve all of you on the district board this year, and I look forward to seeing many of you at ICON in August. Thank

you.

Yours in service,

Edgar R. Meyer

Lieutenant Governor,

Delta Central Division

Hi, my name is Edgar Meyer, and I have been recently elected as the lieutenant governor of the Delta Central Division of the Lou-isianna-Mississippi-West Tennes-see District of Circle K Interna-tional. It is my pleasure to serve a second term as a representative not only for the other members of my division but also for all other members of this great organiza-

tion.

I am looking forward to the upcoming school year. I intend to spearhead a more intense recruit-ment campaign here at Millsaps College in September, and I am anxious to see the excellent work of my current fellow members in their efforts to encourage new students to join Circle K. I also intend to focus much of my energy on membership retention as well as membership involvement. The

members of my club's executive board this year and I have already discussed allocating chair posi-tions to members who currently do not hold an office as a way to incite the spirit of involvement within them and, thus motivate them to commit more time and

effort to service and leadership.

Furthermore, I hope to form at least two new clubs this year in the state of Mississippi, if not in my own district. I am still working on forming a potential club at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. I will also be looking into forming other clubs at our neighboring colleges such as Belhaven Col-lege and Mississippi Col-lege. Gavin has recently informed me of an interested student at Alcorn State University in northern Mississippi, so I will be turning my

attention in that direction as well.

By the time most of us receive this at Summer Rally it will be less than two months away, actually right at about seven weeks so that major packing won’t begin for another few weeks at least, but there are other ways to get excited about ICON.

Start practicing using the stairs be-cause every year for the past three that I have gone, stairs are the number one way to get between floors.

Start saving, you will be eating out a lot. The majority of your meals will be fast food or from a mall.

Pick one thing you want to see in Denver, because if you have any time it will be minimal at best. If you have one thing in mind before you go you do not

waste that time trying to decide during you free time.

Get ready to meet a ton of other peo-ple from all over the country, and sometimes even Jamaica.

While some of this doesn’t sound like fun, these are the things later to look back and laugh at. ICON is a great place to meet others from the sub-region and other dis-tricts and to gather ideas for more pro-jects. So get ready for four long, activity packed days with some of the craziest

people you’ll meet.

-Alisha Morris


Gulf Coast Lieutenant Governor

Volume 1, Issue 1

Don’t forget to register for ICON! Money and forms are due by July 1st!!

“Get ready to meet a

ton of other people from all over the country, and sometimes even

Jamaica.”

-Alisha Morris

Edgar Meyer

Delta Central LTG

Alisha Morris

Gulf Coast LTG

Developing a Recruitment Campaign

By: Lauren Call

'A' board…also called sandwich

boards

"Ask me" buttons

Banners…be creative (use bed

sheets, hang in new places)

Bathroom stall advertising…posters, fliers, newsletters,

calendars, etc.

Bookmarks

Bookstore bag fliers

Bulletin board displays

Bumper stickers

Buttons

Cafeteria tray liners

Calendars (weekly, monthly, se-

mesterly, or yearly)

Campus announcements section of

the newspaper

Campus newspaper inserts

Candy giveaway with information

attached

Chalk sidewalks

Classified ads in the newspaper:

MEMBERS WANTED

Clothesline posters

Contact friendly Faculty members to read announcements in

class

Create a scrapbook of posters and other publicity from member-

ship drive past

Door Hangers for residence halls

Drives…can goods, clothes, school

supplies, etc.

Facebook Ads

Hand out leaflets to students in line

in the dining hall

Have leaflets stationed at check out

for dining hall

Have someone handing out Lolli-pops with your message as

Inside the Circle

Here are some helpful hints from current and past Circle K members for fall re-cruitment!

When setting forth your strategy for your club’s new member recruitment campaign there are many things to con-sider. You need to know what exactly the rules are for your campus. I’m sure that the office that handles student organizations on your campus can tell you exactly what you can and cannot do as far as recruitment. Below I

have listed a variety of creative and steadfast ways on recruitment that have worked on many of college campus.

students checkout

ID Holders

Interview on campus radio or TV sta-

tion

Key Chain giveaway

Laundry machine advertising…people

have time to waste

Letters to campus organizations

List top ten reasons a student should join…add one every day and

post in a visible area on campus

Mail packages to some students…they

love getting boxes

Mail postcards to students

Mailbox stuffing

Mailing an invitation to students

Mailing to fraternity and sorority ser-

vice chairs

Messages on the corner of classroom

chalkboards

Multiple colors of the same flier hung

next to each other

Newspaper articles and interviews

Odd shaped posters

Paint a vehicle and drive it around

campus

Paint a rock on campus

Paint windows on campus

Put contact paper footprints on the

ground leading to your meeting

Random Objects (such as manne-quins) holding signs to attract

attention

Speak at campus meetings, residence hall meetings, club meetings,

etc.

Stairwell advertising

Stickers

Streamers or flags advertising

Stunts in places where many people

gather

Table tents

Tear or rip posters to make them

stand out

Trail of balloons leading to your meet-

ing

Trash cans posters

Vending machine advertising…on machine and product inside

machine

Water fountain fliers

Word of mouth

If anyone needs any further assistance with templates for flyers, hands outs, etc. please contact a district officer or even me. We will be glad to get you this information. Let any district board member know if you need help in the development of your recruitment cam-paign, they are there to be a helpful resource to you. Good Luck and don’t forget that getting possible members to your meeting is only half the battle. Make sure they have a reason to stay around and that they feel included in

your club.

Lauren Call Gulf Coast Zone Advisor

Are You Ready for the Fall?

could advertise for a School Sup-ply Drive along with your open meeting encouraging people to bring a school supply in to the meeting or make up cards for children in the hospital. Often you can get personal information about the child like their name along with their story and allow those at the

meeting to personalize a card.

Making those potential members feel like they are an important part of the group is essential in the recruitment process. All members need to feel like the time they spend working with CKI is a valu-able use of their time. So while selling CKI can be an arduous task, there are many ways to do it in order to strengthen and grow

your club.

In my previous article, I went over tips and ways of advertising and starting up your recruitment cam-paign. I cannot emphasize enough that you can never adver-tise too much on campus before your “Open Meeting”. You need to make big signs, table tents, flyers, etc. and put them everywhere. The more info that is out the greater chance you have to getting

people to your meeting.

So they are at your meeting now what do you do? Well for starts you don’t talk them to death. Make the meeting more about what they want to hear and less about what you have to tell them. Allow for them to interact with old members and find out what CKI is all about that way. A personal experience is a bigger sell then

any memorized speech about CKI.

So some of you are from new

clubs and you’re thinking well those things sound great, but we don’t have old members and we don’t have any personal experiences to draw from. Well some of you have Key Club experience and you tell about your own experience within the Kiwanis Family. It is important to try and get some people from other schools to attend your meet-ing. This helps to make you look more organized, allows for personal conversations about CKI, and most importantly shows that CKI is every-where and not just something you

are doing on your campus.

Often the biggest thing you can do to recruit someone is get them to a project and let them experience first hand the possibilities of CKI. Plan a service project within a week or two of your first meeting…the earlier you get those prospective members involved the better. You can even do projects in the meeting. You

important factors in recruiting new members, because people first judge on looks. If your board can order a stan-dard shirt, or even just wear the same colors, it will help out 100% and it will make you look more organized and out-

standing.

Do not forget your K family as you plan for the fall. If any of you need help with organization fairs or meetings, do not hesitate to let your LTG know so they can set up people from other schools to come out and give a hand. Good

Luck!!!!

Meredith Pursell

Bayou South LTG

LSU Circle K

I know it seems far away, but the fall semester is just around the corner! Now would be a great time to start discussing your plan of action for recruitment with the rest of your club. Here are a few sim-ple ideas, just to get the ball roll-

ing:

Set up a recruitment com-mittee. You can ap-point an existing mem-ber as recruitment chair, and form a group that will work together

on executing ideas.

Contact your school’s freshman coordinator to find out about incom-ing freshmen, and gather dates for organi-zation fairs and orienta-tions. Some offices may even be able to tell you what freshmen are former Key Club-

bers!

Help out on move-in day!! This may seem silly, but you never know the amount of stress this day can put on families. Letting freshmen know that they have a bit of help on campus could mean a potential mem-ber, and a potential

friend.

Hold a social event in the first few weeks, instead of a regular meeting. Often, college students get really excited about free food. If you can incorporate food or something else fun into a social occasion, you will more than likely be able to draw in a larger

crowd.

Make sure to appear profes-sional, yet fun. Appear-ance is one of the most

“Letting freshmen know that they have a bit of help on campus could mean a potential member, and a potential friend.“ -Meredith Pursell

Volume 1, Issue 1

Selling CKI

By: Lauren Call

Meredith Pursell Bayou South LTG

Don’t forget that older students will make a great addition to your club as well! Encourage other students in your majors or other activities to come and see what Circle K is all about!!!

From an International Desk will work to help your clubs and districts in any way possi-ble. I am here to support you and that is just what I plan to

do.

With that said, I would like to once again offer my assistance to you, over the next few months while I serve in this position as well as in the future regardless of

where our paths may lead.

Thank you for being brilliant leaders and working to make our Sub-region and all of Circle K International great. I am fanatical about quotations, so I thought it only fitting to end with a quote from the author James Baldwin. It goes, “To be where we are, to pay the price we will pay, to survive, and to shake up the world the way we will is a rare journey.” Thank you for pay-ing the price you have to pay to be part of Circle K. Un-doubtedly, you have had to sacrifice sleep or free time to hang out at a nursing home or serve dinner to someone who would otherwise go hungry. I look forward to being part of your rare journey for the next few months and getting a chance to talk with and meet

many of you.

-Kaitlin McCann

Sub-Region D International

Representative

Hello!!

My name is Kaitlin McCann and I am currently a senior at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) majoring in Elementary Education and English. I will be working with you for the next few months and I hope to get to know many of you during this time. Instead of simply telling you facts about myself, I have de-cided to tell you small pieces of information with the hope that you will be curious and contact me to find out the full story, so here goes. First, the action packed life of a ten year old is something I have re-cently become very acquainted with. Second, I have loaded car accident victims into an ambulance in a skirt and flip flops. And finally I don’t eat

anything green.

Now, let me explain a little more about my experi-ence and my role as your Sub-regional Representative. Dur-ing my four years in Circle K International, I have served in numerous leadership posi-tions. Beginning as a club and district committee chair, I have progressed to hold the position of district editor and most re-cently district governor of the New Jersey District. At Inter-national Convention in Port-land, Oregon last August, I was elected as Vice- President and have been serving in that

position ever since.

When a vacancy arose in the position of Sub-region D Representative, I was eager to step up and fill the

vacancy, but also somewhat nervous. I have never lived anywhere outside of New Jersey and sadly, have not even visited some of the states that make up your amazing districts. However, I began to evaluate my skill set and how it would align with the position of Sub-regional Representative. I began to realize that although I may never have lived in Louisiana or been to visit Texas, I have skills which will allow me to assist your Sub-region over the next few months. These skills include communication, determination, and the willing-ness to see others succeed by helping in any way possi-

ble.

With that said, I would like to briefly explain to you some of the things that I will be doing as your repre-sentative, in case you are not familiar with this position or its duties. I will serve as your source of communication with the international board. I will forward information to you from the board and also voice your opinions and concerns to the board in chats and board meetings. I will contact your district governors and help them transition into their new positions and start the year off with a bang. I will produce newsletters and have corre-spondence with numerous officers and members within the district. I have already set up a yahoo group to help spread information throughout the Sub-region in a more time-efficient manner. Lastly, I

Inside the Circle

“These skills include communication, determination, and the willingness to see others succeed by helping in any way possible.” -Kaitlin McCann

Don’t for-get your district of-ficers are always ready to help you with what-ever you may need! Feel free to contact us any-time!

A Deeper Look into Cajun Country

Hello CKI'ers! We at UL Lafayette hope you are all having a great time this summer! We are excited about the new CKI year and are anxiously awaiting the fall semes-

ter!

Summer months at UL Lafayette mean one thing: summer orienta-tions! We have put a big focus at this time on new member recruit-ment. We know our club has a ton of potential. We need to attract new members and inform them of what our club has to offer, in hopes of accomplishing our goals to expand

CKI on our campus.

As freshmen come to visit UL La-fayette during one of the six fresh-man orientations held, our mem-bers plan to be there to talk with anyone and everyone who shows interest in joining CKI. Each mem-ber of our club is asked to be pre-sent for at least two of the orienta-tion sessions, which start June 18th. Specifically, we will be attend-ing the time set aside for freshmen to be introduced to the different organizations on the UL Lafayette campus, known as the Student

Organization Expo.

Two of our members are especially involved with these upcoming dates to reel in new mem-bers, as they have been elected to serve as "Recruitment Chairs." Trey Schmaltz and Logan Locicero have been working closely with our officers and members to prepare for these very important dates. So far, the two are planning to have fun and exciting information available at the orientations to distribute to freshman and a sheet for us to collect their names and email

addresses. Contact information is a must!

Meanwhile, our club also plans to get together before classes begin for the fall semester to welcome new members to CKI and to our beau-

tiful campus.

Our club is very excited about reaching out to find new members this summer and wishes eve-ryone else the best of luck with their new mem-

ber recruitment plans!

Have your club send in an article telling us what y’all are up to! Inform us about Circle K at your school!

Volume 1, Issue 1

University of Louisiana Lafayette


Sponsored by

Kiwanis Club of Lafayette

An Editor’s Note For all of you who have never met me, my name is Hanna Olivier and I am so honored to be the historic LaMissTenn district bulletin editor for this upcoming year. I will be a junior at Millsaps College

this upcoming year.

My job as Bulletin Editor is to make sure you are informed about what the district is doing as well as know what you guys are doing in your clubs and with the K family in your area. Please feel free to talk to me anytime and let me know what you would like to see in the bulletins to come. I am most excited about working with the great members of our district as well as with the board we have elected. They are phenomenal people who are

already working their hardest to lead the district in a positive direction! I am also always available to answer any questions you have about anything Circle K related and beyond. I look forward to getting to

know all of my fellow Circle K’ers better,

Like I said, it is an honor to serve as your bulletin editor, and if you ever need anything, I am just a little ways north on

Interstate 55!!!

Yours in service,

Hanna Olivier

Millsaps College

Bulletin Editor

As you know, Circle K is an international community ser-vice organization that allows col-lege students to provide help to those who need it. It encourages us to expand our leadership skills and interact with each other and the community.

Hanna Olivier P.O. Box 151050

Jackson, MS 39210 Email: [email protected]

or [email protected]


2008-2009 LaMissTenn District Board:

Gavin Robert Governor

Louisiana State University

Justin Quarles Secretary/Treasurer


Hanna Olivier Bulletin Editor

Millsaps College

Meredith Pursell Bayou South LTG

Louisiana State Univeristy

Alisha Morris Gulf Coast LTG


Johnathan Collins Piney Hills LTG

Northwestern State University

Edgar Meyer Delta Central LTG

Millsaps College

TO BE FILLED Natchez Trace LTG

Check us out on the web

lmtcirclek.org Hanna Olivier

Bulletin Editor

What Up Kiwanis Family?

Jennifer Kaup

Southeastern Louisiana University

Senior Digital Design and Photogra-phy Major

Kiwanis Relations District Chair

Buongiorno CKI!!!

I am very proud to serve this year as your Kiwanis Family Chair on the dis-trict cabinet. My job is to keep in con-tact and strengthen relations within the Kiwanis Family. I need members who are dedicated to help me form a Speaker’s Bureau, which represents this district to inform and encourage Kiwanis family members to attend and

participate in Circle K events.

I am challenging all members in this district to attend at least three Kiwanis meetings, one Kiwanis event, three Key Club meetings, and one Key Club event. We all need to show Kiwanis and Key Club that we are here to help. The relations that we form within our family last a lifetime and will help in the

future.

This year, I hope to involve Kiwanis Family members in fundraisers, like the Six Cents Incentive. I plan to get all clubs to participate in Key to College, where you will be able to visit high schools in your area to talk to students about college life. This program is designed to help students with any questions or fears they may have about applying or attending college. I think it is vital to empower students with the knowledge they need to con-tinue and succeed academically. With these goals in mind, it is important for us to work together within our Kiwanis

family to make this year a success.

I will be emailing out dates and times on Kiwanis Family events in all areas of LAMISSTENN. If you need informa-tion on when any of the Kiwanis Family groups meet, please call or email me. I can’t wait to see you all at Summer

Rally!

Yours in service,

Jen

[email protected]

985.237.4908

Jen Kaup

Kiwanis Family

Chair

“We develop new friendships with people in our dis-tricts, our country, and all over the world, which last over distances and lifetimes. These experi-ences and memo-ries are precious to us all and have made Circle K an organization that has a treasured place in our

hearts.”

-Hanna Olivier

mailto:[email protected]

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